Sonntag, 13. Juli 2008

Chocolate Chip Ginger Waffles & Lemon Corn Waffles

The 40 € I spent on my new waffle maker/sandwich maker/grill were well invested!

Today as a pre-dinner snack (odd I admit, but I craved some yummy waffle-berry action) I had Ginger Chocolate Chip Waffles with selfmade apple-mango puree, red grapes, blueberries and raspberries.The combination of ginger and chocolate really has become a new favorite of mine ;)

Okay, I am so so SO glad you got a waffle maker! Now I can get yummy waffle ideas from you. And you aren't going to believe this, but I was actually staring at my crystallized ginger in the pantry the other day wondering what it would taste like with chocolate chips! So it's good to hear that the flavor combo was a success -- I'm going to try it in waffles for sure.

You picked great waffle recipes to start off with, too. I love both of them! And the mango applesauce puree -- it sounds amazing! Your waffle decoration is great, too.

You asked a couple of questions on my blog awhile ago so I wanted to get back to you about that! The carrot ginger almond muffins are a conglomeration of two VwaV muffin recipes -- I used the spice mix from the ginger raisin bran ones in the carrot raisin muffins and replaced the raisins with almonds! And I used all whole spelt flour and put crystallized ginger in there too.

To thaw muffins, I took one out of the freezer and put it in the fridge the night before. In the morning I'd either warm it up in a 200 degree F oven while I prepared my smoothie OR I'd put chocolate chip muffins in the microwave for 15 seconds to melt the chips. If you have a toaster oven, toasting a refrigerated muffin would probably taste great too! (But my mom broke ours...so no toasted muffins for me...)

My gosh, the waffles - what CAN I say about it? They took my breath away, SO BEAUTIFUL, almost too beautiful to eat! I love love love the way your "scatter" the berries over your choc chip ginger waffles - gosh! LOL!! You watched The Nanny didn't ya?! I LOVE that show!!!!

Oh yum, the lemon corn waffles looks divine!!! Which one do you like better though?!! I can't choose!! Oh I <3 crispy waffles ... mmmm... wow, you made your own mango/apple sauce - what CAN'T you do?!! Hehehe, mind cooking for me someday ;0)

By the way, I love your apartment - it look so PRETTY!! I love your awesome looking radio!

Shelby - Oh and they were just as good as they were gorgeous ;) Almost too pretty to eat, ha ha!

Lisa - I couldn't imagine liking this combination as I never used to be very fond of ginger in the first place but I came to love it =)And when I was shopping for cookies and couldn't find the ones I wanted I settled for the other vegan ones they had which were the chocolate chip ginger cookies. Ever since then I'm crazy about this flavor-combination =)

Jennifer - You should! I think it'd be better with fresh ginger because either the heat is responsable for the faded flavor or I could've used A LOT more.Ha ha ha, I laughed so hard when I read this =p Then I saw it too, he he

VeggieGirl - Aww thank you =)

Courtney - Ha ha, I took advantage of the fact that I prepared them myself, therefore LOTS of fruit ;) I hate how cheap many cafes go on fruit.

Ruby - Thank you so much. Now I can get great waffle ideas from you ;) Yours are always so fancy!And woah, go with the crystallized ginger =O I'm sure this will be a killer waffle! I have to find crystallized ginger!!!

Thanks so much for all the information, you're too sweet! Muffin defrosting will make me think of you now ;)

Cecilia - I think having a waffle maker should be a birth right, oh yeah!Oh yes, I spent the last days watching at least 2 Nanny episodes a day =p Gotta love it! I feel like Sylvia, ha ha!And thank you =)

Sanja - Hope you'll love them as much as I do =)

Lindsay - If you can manage to get a flight I'll make a batch for us later tonight ;)